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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Navajo

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Navajo words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Shiprock rising above the high desert of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Navajo phrases in this lesson

T'ááłá'ítah-THLAH-ih
One
NaakiNAH-kih
Two
Táá'tah
Three
Dį́į́'deen
Four
Ashdla'ahsh-DLAH
Five
Hastą́ą́hahs-TAHN
Six
Tsosts'idTSOHS-tsid
Seven
Tseebíítseh-BEE
Eight
Náhást'éíNAH-hahs-tay
Nine
Neeznáánehz-NAH
Ten

During World War II, Navajo Code Talkers used the language for unbreakable military code.

Where Navajo is spoken

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